What the eyes don’t see, Dr. Mona Attisha did
Authors Next Door: Michelle White
Author Next Door Feature: September, 2018 By Anna Faller In a town defined by cherries, Michelle White is the unequivocal expert. The creator of Michelle’s Miracle nutraceutical brand and former-owner and founder of the Leland Cherry Company, White knows a thing or two about the region’s most iconic fruit. But, she’s planted another seed entirely […]
National Writers Series Hosting Summer Book Club Social and Acclaimed Authors
Authors Next Door: Mandy Toomey
July, 2018 By: Anna Faller Nashville transplant and first-time author, Mandy Toomey, is a textbook triple-threat: no; not the show-biz kind, though she comes awfully close. Already a successful musician and new mom, Toomey can now add “published writer” to her rapidly-growing resume. Her debut writing endeavor, a children’s book, entitled Goodnight, Traverse City, just […]
Doug Stanton named Michiganian of the Year
National Writers Series releases Literary Journal
Authors Next Door: Anne-Marie Oomen and Linda Nemec Foster
Mermaids don’t exist. It’s a dull, disheartening truth that we all probably accepted in childhood, despite Disney’s best efforts. But whatif they did? Seated next to each other at a reading of Alison Swan’s Fresh Water anthology more than a decade ago, local authors Anne-Marie Oomen and Linda Nemec Foster found themselves asking this very question. Ten-odd years, countless emails, and one fateful […]
Master storyteller Richard Russo
National Writers Series Presents Comedian and Author Samantha Irby
Author Next Door Cari Noga
By Anna Faller Northern Michigan, and Grand Traverse County, in particular, is a place, but even more significantly, an attitude – a way of life, even – that’s unlike any other. Locals know it, tourists sense it, and the rest of the country only hears about it. This “local flavor,” so to speak, is what […]